> because reading the two handles is too complicated for pupils these days... No, it's because they're not exposed to them before reaching school or anywhere

> because reading the two handles is too complicated for pupils these days... No, it's because they're not exposed to them before reaching school or anywhere else afterward. So the school then has to teach how to read them. The fact of the matter is that the world is moving to digital clocks. You can argue about the merits of each, you can blame the generation that is being raised without them for not learning something they have no access to, or you can accept that the world is changing.